Satellite Triangulation

[NGS Surveyor]

For those interested in Satellite Triangulation, there is a two-part article in the January 2010 and March 2010 issues of "Professional Surveyor" magazine, see below.

 

THE BEGINNINGS OF SATELLITE GEODESY

 

A two-part article on the USC&GS satellite triangulation project of the 1960's is included in the January 2010 and March 2010 issues of "Professional Surveyor" magazine. The articles were written by George Cole, former USC&GS employee and participant in the project. Part 1 is at: http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/article.aspx?i=70528 and part 2 is at: http://www.profsurv.com/magazine/currentedition.aspx , and scroll down to the article.

 

There is also an article on USC&GS/NGS using satellites for surveying on the 200th Anniversary web site at: http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/founda...come.html#intro , entitled "Entering the Space Age: The Evolution of Satellite Geodesy at the Coast and Geodetic Survey".

 

GeorgeL

NGS

[+jwahl]

Somewhere between satellite triangulation and GPS there was the transit doppler system that I expect also played an important role. We used doppler in surveying applications even though it was only sub meter at best and that with extreme effort and time. It still proved useful.

 

- jlw

[Difficult Run]

Popular Science had a short article in 1956 visioning the use of satellites for navigation:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/01/09/proto-gps/

 

I'll bet the idea of GPS was floating around at least 20 years before that!

~ Mitch ~

[foxtrot_xray]

I like the term "thermopile". Heh.

[+Astro_D]

Ha! I just gave a talk to the astronomy club on artificial satellites with an emphasis on communication, navigation and weather from the early experimental years to modern day dependence. I even talked a bit about geodesy, but not as much as I wanted to.

 

 

Thanks for the link to the article! I added the link to my presentation notes!